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Decatur County Emergency Management
Saturday June 15th, 2019 :: 08:24 p.m. EDT

Advisory

TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 900 PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

* AT 820 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELIZABETHTOWN AROUND 835 PM EDT.
  NEWBERN AROUND 845 PM EDT.
  HOPE AROUND 850 PM EDT.
  HARTSVILLE AROUND 855 PM EDT.
  WESTPORT AND LETTS AROUND 900 PM EDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 71.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

Address/Location
Decatur County Emergency Management
315 South Ireland Street
Greensburg, IN 47240

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 812-663-8125

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